Automatic controlling-switch for electric motors.



R. L. GUION & B. G. JOHNSON. AUTOMATIC CONTROLLING SWITCH FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV.9.1908. 953,006. Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

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AUTOMATIC CONTROLLING SWITCH FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9. 190B.

Patented M31122, 1910.

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IMgNTORS ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENTOOFFICE.

RICHARD Ii. GUION AND BURCHARD o. JOHNSON,

OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS T AMERICAN THERMOSTAT COMPANY, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK.

AUTOMATIC CONTROLLING-SWITCH FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS.

Specification of Letters Patent. t t r, 22, 1910;

Application filed November 9, 1908. Serial No. 461,599.

Switches for Electric Motors, of which the fi following is a specification.

dition.

1 1n the switching device for controllin This mvention'relates to improvements in switches employed for controlling the movements of electric motors, where the motors are required to run for a given number of revolutions in both directions, and to be set in motion by a circuit closing device located at a distance from the motor; as in thermostatic damper regulating apparatus, automatic clock winders, etc.

The objects of our invention are: first, to provide an im roved switch for opening and reversing t e motor circuit after the motor has completed the prescribed number of revolutions in either direction; and, sec- 0nd, to provide an auxiliary'switch whereby the connections leading to the circuit closing device will be short circuited imnie'rliately upon the closing of the motor circ'uit; thereby eliminating the effect of any fluctuation in the circuit closer and insuring the running of the motor for the prescribe number of revolutions.

In thermostatic damper regulators particularly,

,mitting the temperature to continue to fall or rise without control until the apparatus has been manuall reset in operative con- The particular object, therefore, of our invention h'as been to overcome this difficulty, as well as to provide an improvement the movements of the motor. This latter eviee may be employed with or without the auxiliary switch,'where the motor is to be used for other than thermostatic regulating purposes. We do not, therefore, wish to be understood as confining ourselves to the employment of these switches in combination which carries the drum it frequently occurs that the thermostat isaffected by sudden changes in temed to engage with one another or in connection with any particular motor-driven apparatus.

For the purpose of settlng forth the invention in all its details, we will describe it herein as applied to a thermostat regulating apparatus.

Like charaeters'designate like parts in the two views, the several wiring connections being designated by letters in Fig. 1.

As-the apparatus is shown for damper regulating purposes, it consists of a motor 1, of any usual form adapted for this purpose, with its shaft geared by suitable 'reducing gears 2, 3, 4t, and 5, to a shaft 6, 7, to which the cable 8, or achain, is attached; said cable being suitably connected to the damper or dampers which are to be opened and closed by the operation of the motor. This part of the apparatus maybe of any approved form.

In carrying out. our invention we provide a switchblock 9, pivoted at 10 upon an extension of one of the motor side frames. This switehblock, at 11 and 12, is provided with two insulated switcharm's, the free ends of which are adapted to engage and slide over the contacts 13, 14, and 15, mounted upon the frame extension. A rock arm 16 is pivoted at 17 to the side frame between the gear 5 on the drum shaft and the switchblock 9. This rock arm is provided with a V-shaped projection 18 below its pivot point, which is engaged by roller 19 mounted upon the upper'end of the plunger 20, which rests upon a spring 21 contained in a guide box 22, supported on the base of the apparatus.

he gear 5 is provided with a pin 23, adaptand throw the rock arm 16 in one direction or the other, whenever the In carrying out our objects, as abovespeciconnections for' the motor andgear wheel has completed one revolution in one direction or the other. On the switchblock 9 are two pins 24 and 25, so positioned as to be struck by the rock arm, whenever the projection 18 has been thrown to one side or the other of the roller 19 by pin 23, to throw the switcharms 11 and 12 across the contacts 13, 14, and 15. Theaction of the spring pressed plunger 20 upon the rock arm 16 is to throw the rock arm quickly after the pin 23 has carried the point of the projection 18 past the line of centers in one direction or the other, so that the rock arm will strike the pins 24 and 25 and snap the switcharms across the terminals, thereby preventing arcing. The throw of the switchblock 9 in one direction or the other is limited by the stop pin 26, fastened to the side frame above the block. This constitutes the stop and reversin switch for the motor, and its operation wi l presently appear. At one side of this stop and reversin switch, is an auxiliary short circuiting sw1tch comprising two magnets 27 and 28, fastened opposite one another upon the bed-plate of the apparatus, and having an armature 29 pivoted between them on a pivot pin 30 From the free end of this armature a switcharm 31'projects,

with its outer end adapted to engage one orthe other of the contacts 32 and 33, asthc armature is swung from one to the other of the magnets. The armature 29 is provided with a binding post at 34, and the base-plate is provided with a series of binding posts 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39.

The wiring of the apparatus is arranged as follows: The three wires a, b, and 0, are brought to the apparatus from the thermostat, and fastened to the binding posts 36, 37, and 38. From the binding post 36- a wire (Z runs to the binding post 35, to which wire 0 from one pole of a battery 40 is fas tened. From the binding post 36 a wire f runs to the binding post 34 on the armature 29. From the binding post 37 a wire g runs to a binding post on contact 32; and contact 33 is connected by wire it to binding post 38. The other pole of the battery 10 is connected by a wire 2' with binding post 39, from which a wire j runs to a binding post at the back. of the contact 14. From contact 32 a wire 76 runs to the coils of magnet 28, the other end of said coils being connected by wire Z with a. binding post at the back of contact 15.

From contact 33 a wire m runs to the coils of magnet 27, the other end of which coils are connected by wire 12. with a binding post at the back of contact 13. The switcharms 11 and 12 are connected with binding posts 41 and 42 on the motor brush supports b the wires 0 and 72, respectively. I i The operation of the switches and the motor as so arranged is as follows: As shown, in the two figures, the parts are set in position to start the motor in the direction for winding the cable upon the drum. It, now,

the circuit through wires a and 0 is closed by the thermostat 4:3, by reason oi a fall in esaooe tern erature, the current from the battery wil run through wires 6, (Z, a, c, h, m, a, contact 13, switcharm 11, wire 0, through the motor, thence by wire 79, switcharm 12, contact 14, and wires j and 1' back to the battery. The current in passing through the coils of the magnet 27 causes the armature '29 to be thrown over tothe right, thereby placing switcharm 31 in engagement with contact 33. This acts to short circuit the connections running to the thermostat, the current from the battery now taking the shorter course through wires 6, d, f, arm 31, to contact 33, and thence through wires 7%, 12, etc., as before. This short circuits the thermostat connection and prevents, or greatly reduces, sparking at the thermostat points. It will thus be seen that the motor will continue to run even should the'circuit through wires a and 0 be opened by the separation of the thermostat terminals from any cause; and that the motor will continue to run until gear wheel 5 has made a complete revolution. As the wheel approaches the completion'of its revolution, the pin 23 will contact .with rock arm 16, lifting said arm until projection V is carried past the center of roller 19. The upward pressure on the roller will then throw the rock arm away from pin 23 on the one side, and into contact with pin 25 on the other, thereby snapping switch- ,block 9 over into reversing position with switcharms 11 and 12 in engagement with contacts 13 and 14 respectively. This opens the circuit by cutting out contact 13 and its connecting wires, and stops the motor. f, now, the temperature rises to the point for which the thermostat is set to close the dampers, the circuit will be closed between wires a and b, and the current will be established from the battery through wires e, (Z, a, Z2, '9, 7a, magnet 28, wire Z, contact 15, switcharm 12, wire p, through the motor in reverse direction, thence by wire 0, arm 11, contact 14, andwires j and i, back to the battery; thus starting the motor in reverse direction and at the same time energizing magnet 28 to draw the armature 29 back into the position shown in Fig. 1; thereby again short circuiting the thermostat connections, and causin' the current to flow from the batteries t rough wires e, d, 7, switcharm 31, to contact 32 and thence through wires'k, Z, etc., as before, keeping the motor in motion until the pin 23 on gear 5 passes around and strikes the rock arm 16 on its upper side; when the rock arm. will be thrown again into the position shown in Fig. 2, and the apparatus will be set in positlon to operate the dampers, when the thermostat is next afiected by a fall in temperature to the point at which it is set to act.

In some forms of apparatus operated by a motor in this manner it will not be required to employ the short circuiting switch,

and we, therefore, do not limitourselves to the combination of this switch with the motor stopping and reversing switch. Moreover, the latter switch may be applied wherever it may be desired to limit the rotations of a motor to a certain prescribed number of revolutions whether it 1s to be reversed by the current or not.

What we claim, Letters Patent is l. The combination, with an electric motor having a reversible circuit controlled by a circuit closing device, of a switch in the circuit adapted to be actuated when the motor has completed a given number of revolutions in either direction to shift the circuit for the reversal of the motor, and means actuated by the closing of the circuit in either. direction for short circuiting the respective connections leading to the circuit closing device.

2. The combination, with an electric motor having a circuit controlled by a circuit closing device, of a switch in the circuit ada ted to be actuated when the motor has comp eted a given number of revolutions to open the circuit and stop the motor, a second switch and desire to secure by v adapted to short circuit the connections leading to the circuit closing device, and an electro-magnet included in thecircuit for operating said second switch, said magnet being actuated upon the closing of'the circuit to shift the switch into short circuiting position. I

3. The combination; with an electric motor having reversing circuits controlled by a circuit closing devlce, of a switch in the circuit adapted to be actuated when the motor has completed a given number of revolutions in either direction to reverse the circuit, a second switch adapted to short circuit either set of connections leading to the circuit closing device, and an electro-magnet included in each circuit for operating said second switch, one or the other of said magnets be ing actuated upon the closing of the circuit within which it is included to shift the switch into its corresponding short circuiting position.

4;. The combination, with an electric motor, of a switch in the motor circuit compris ing a pivotal switch-block provided with one or more switch-arms, a contact or contacts in position to be engaged by said arm or arms, a rock-arm pivotedat one side of the switch-block, projections on said block thrown in either direction, a V-sha edrojection on the rock-arm at one si e 0 its pivot point, a spring actuated plunger having engagement with said projection, and means on a rotating member driven by the motor for moving said arm past centers in either direction when said member has completed a revolution in one direction or theother.

In testimony whereof we have aifixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD L. 'GUION.

BURCHARD C. JOHNSON.

Witnwses:

M. E. VERBEoK, A. S. DINEN. 

